Ekol perceives and recognizes that improperly disposed waste remains in the wild for countless years – continuing to harm the environment in the process. Accordingly, Ekol Logistics took the initiative in Waste Management as part of the WWF Green Office Program with the goal of properly disposing of all types of waste created during its processes. Ekol Logistics aims to reduce the amount of trash by collecting waste separately and decreasing the utilization of raw materials, energy, and other natural resources through proper sorting. Sorted waste can be disposed of or recycled properly by licensed companies contracted by Ekol.

Collecting Food Waste: We aspire to feed our animal friends by taking food waste from the cafeterias to nearby animal shelters.

Sorting Food Waste: We aim to support recycling by sorting the recyclable waste from the cafeterias.

We sorted scrap waste created in the facilities in 2011 and gave them to advanced recycling companies. We supported the adoption campaign of the World Wildlife Fund Turkey (WWF Turkey) with the revenues generated from this operation.

Ekol also initiated a paper saving and recycling project to protect forests, the lungs of the Earth, under the headings it identified as part of the WWF Green Office Program.

Ekol has developed solutions to decrease paper consumption by determining the amount of paper usage per department. Each ton of recycled paper prevents the cutting down of 17 trees, which provide for the oxygen requirements of 144 people. By using recycled paper, Ekol also brings about huge savings in water and energy use in paper production.

Ekol knows that even a single person can make a great difference in electricity consumption by being careful. As such, it is working to create a mass movement and take a step up from individual efforts by providing employee training. The company is also building a roadmap of improvements based on the measurement results obtained by using different measuring tools for each office.

In our country, 20 percent of electricity is consumed for lighting purposes. A 20-percent move to energy-efficient lighting systems provides savings equal to the electricity produced by the Keban Hydroelectric Power Plant in one year. Thus, Ekol uses energy-efficient lamps in its facilities.

Launched in 2011, the Virtual Server Project achieves 20 percent savings in our electricity consumption each year.

Ekol Logistics is the ambassador for the Earth Hour Campaign by the WWF, one of the world’s most prominent environmental proponents. Accordingly, it supports the Earth Hour Campaign to bring attention to global climate change.

Ekol Logistics concluded the years 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 with significant social responsibility projects in line with its green logistics operations. The company believes that a new forest in Turkey is the best New Year’s gift. Accordingly, it entered into a collaboration with the TEMA Foundation between 2012 and 2015. As part of the collaboration, it sent its business partners recycling certificates for memorial forest projects, comprising 5,000 saplings in Urla, Izmir in 2012, in Salihli, Manisa in 2013, in Urla, Kadıovacık, Izmir in 2014, and in Tefenni Beyköy, Burdur in 2015.